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ARTICLE | Strategy

NCATS two years later

January 30, 2014 8:00 AM UTC

The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) was founded at the NIH a little over two years ago, in the wake of increasing concern over the slow pace of converting scientific discoveries into new therapies. "BioCentury This Week" television sat down with NCATS director Christopher Austin to discuss how NCATS is delivering on its promise to overcome the roadblocks and accelerate the translational process.

Austin thinks that NCATS's biggest advantage is its ability to collaborate with different players in the field to fill gaps left underdeveloped by industry and academia. Examples include the Tissue Chip for Drug Screening program and the New Therapeutic Uses program...